Ordinate
[ɒ:dineit]
Definition
(a.) Well-ordered; orderly; regular; methodical.
(n.) The distance of any point in a curve or a straight line, measured on a line called the axis of ordinates or on a line parallel to it, from another line called the axis of abscissas, on which the corresponding abscissa of the point is measured.
(v. t.) To appoint, to regulate; to harmonize.
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Examples
- But there must be some force that keeps this maze of machinery constantly at work, so that all the parts properly co-ordinate. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the world around us we see makeshift devices at work in all those branches, ill co-ordinated one with another and unsatisfactory in themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unco-ordinated human initiatives lead to nothing but social chaos. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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